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Across thousands of miles of open water. >> nainoa: nobody could see the canoe here. too beaten, knocked out of you, no dreams, no hope, can't see. >> anthony: the polynesian voyaging society, with the help of crewmembers like nainoa thompson set out to prove that that was exactly what did happen. >> nainoa: there were those in the community that, that loved this canoe, prayed for it. and also those who feared this canoe because they sensed change. you have a sixty-two foot, twelve-ton voyaging canoe. i mean, it was powerful, it changed everything. >> anthony: the hokulea. a double-hulled sail...

>> anthony: this is nainoa thompson. and in 1976, along with a number of similarly heroic hawaiians. he did a very difficult, very important thing. before 1972 it was generally assumed, even insisted upon, that hawaii had been settled originally by some random savages who'd maybe drifted over accidently from south america. it certainly couldn't have been ancient polynesians. they couldn't possibly have been the kind of sophisticated navigators who could guide a sailboat willfully across the pacific, across thousands of miles of open water. >> nainoa: nobody could see the canoe here. too beaten...

♪ ♪ >> anthony: this is nainoa thompson. and in 1976, along with a number of similarly heroic hawaiians. he did a very difficult, very important thing. before 1972 it was generally assumed, even insisted upon, that hawaii had been settled originally by some random savages who'd maybe drifted over accidently from south america. it certainly couldn't have been ancient polynesians. they couldn't possibly have been the kind of sophisticated navigators who could guide a sailboat willfully across the pacific. across thousands of miles of open water. >> nainoa: nobody could see the canoe here. to...

Navigators who could guide a sailboat willfully across the pacific. across thousands of miles of open water. >> nainoa: nobody could see the canoe here. too beaten, knocked out of you, no dreams, no hope, can't see. >> anthony: the polynesian voyaging society, with the help of crewmembers like nainoa thompson, set out to prove that that was exactly what did happen. >> nainoa: there were those in the community that, that loved this canoe, prayed for it. and also those who feared this canoe because they sensed change. you have a sixty-two foot twelve ton voyaging canoe. i mean, it was powerful, ...

♪ >> anthony: this is nainoa thompson. and in 1976, along with a number of similarly heroic hawaiians. he did a very difficult, very important thing. before 1972 it was generally assumed, even insisted upon, that hawaii had been settled originally by some random savages who'd maybe drifted over accidently from south america. it certainly couldn't have been ancient polynesians. they couldn't possibly have been the kind of sophisticated navigators who could guide a sailboat willfully across the pacific. across thousands of miles of open water. >> nainoa: nobody could see the canoe here. too be...